Fallout from budget cuts to FSU, FAMU and TCC hard to fathom

8:54 PM,
Apr. 17, 2009

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The numbers are staggering and they lead to a question few want to even consider: Will Tallahassee still look and feel like Tallahassee a year from now?

While the Legislature has yet to produce a final budget, if current projections hold up Florida State could have approximately $40 million less for the upcoming school year; Florida A&M may have $15 million less; and Tallahassee Community College will have more than $2 million less.

These numbers are far from a worst-case scenario. They represent a compromise between the House and Senate appropriations for higher education. Those two ...